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2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 13_1_3.4_1Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, Medicare managed care, by State, 2010

State

Percent

SE

Alabama

10.6

1.0

Arizona

11.2

0.8

Arkansas

16.4

2.1

California

9.7

0.5

Colorado

8.1

1.0

Connecticut

9.1

1.3

Delaware

11.1

2.4

District of Columbia

7.7

3.6

Florida

11.6

0.5

Georgia

10.4

1.2

Hawaii

13.9

1.5

Idaho

7.6

1.5

Illinois

11.4

1.2

Indiana

10.2

1.3

Iowa

7.3

1.7

Kansas

7.9

2.2

Kentucky

11.4

1.4

Louisiana

12.6

1.4

Maine

5.6

1.2

Maryland

12.8

1.9

Massachusetts

8.1

0.9

Michigan

8.9

1.3

Minnesota

5.0

0.7

Mississippi

10.1

2.4

Missouri

9.1

1.0

Montana

1.6

1.3

Nebraska

7.0

1.7

Nevada

12.1

1.3

New Jersey

12.4

1.5

New Mexico

11.4

1.6

New York

10.7

0.6

North Carolina

9.7

1.3

Ohio

9.6

0.8

Oklahoma

11.3

1.5

Oregon

7.0

0.7

Pennsylvania

9.0

0.7

Puerto Rico

11.0

0.6

Rhode Island

7.4

1.5

South Carolina

14.0

1.9

Tennessee

10.1

1.0

Texas

12.6

0.7

Utah

8.5

1.3

Vermont

13.3

8.8

Virginia

7.2

1.4

Washington

5.6

0.8

West Virginia

8.5

2.3

Wisconsin

5.5

0.9

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database.